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Bug 151106 - Can't open a file with new mime type system, unless I use the context menu.
Can't open a file with new mime type system, unless I use the context menu.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-vfs
Classification: Deprecated
Component: MIME and file/program mapping
2.7.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 151117 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-08-26 08:01 UTC by Ricardo Veguilla
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: 2.8.x
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8



Description Ricardo Veguilla 2004-08-26 08:01:42 UTC
Description of Problem:
Can't open a file in nautilus unless I explicitly select the "Open with
Application" option from the context menu. Clicking the icon or using the "Open"
(first option in the context menu) do nothing. 

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Click (or double-click, depending on the setting) on a file
or
2. Right-Clicking the file and selecting the "Open" option.

Actual Results:
Nothing

Expected Results:
The file should be opened with the "default" application for the given mime type. 

How often does this happen?
always

Additional Information:
Using Nautilis 2.7.4 from Fedora Rawhide
Comment 1 Vincent Noel 2004-08-26 14:11:10 UTC
*** Bug 151117 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Daniel Eriksson 2004-08-26 14:33:03 UTC
I get the exact same behaviour with all 2.7.x Nautilus versions from Rawhide
this far.
Comment 3 James Thomas 2004-09-04 22:40:47 UTC
Solution.

Make sure you do not have execute permissions on the file (right click,
permissions, untick Execute). 
Comment 4 Ricardo Veguilla 2004-09-04 22:58:09 UTC
Ok, removing execute permission worked, thanks. 


 
Comment 5 Ricardo Veguilla 2004-09-04 23:04:30 UTC
I marked this bug for GNOME Milestone 2.8.x since, IMO, it causes a usability
inconsistence in one of the major new feautures included in GNOME 2.8. 
Comment 6 Alexander Larsson 2004-09-07 11:11:22 UTC
Furthermore, on some filesystems, such as FAT, all files have execute permissions.
Comment 7 Alexander Larsson 2004-09-07 13:51:22 UTC
This is a problem with gnome_vfs_mime_can_be_executable. Patch sent to the
release-team for approval.
Comment 8 Vincent Noel 2004-09-09 21:00:48 UTC
This is now fixed in CVS according to this :

2004-09-08  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>

* libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: (gnome_vfs_mime_get_value),
(gnome_vfs_mime_type_is_known):
Implement type_is_known and can_be_executable.

(if it's not please reopen).